284. Suez Crisis: The British Imperialist vs The Arab Nationalist (Part 1)

To Empire with me, Anita Arnim. And me. Now, we're very excited about this because we've done the Panama Canal. We're going to do the Suez Canal. All the canals, no, not all the canals, just the Suez Canal. A mini-series on the Suez Canal, and we're predominantly going to Concentrate. on the nineteen fifties, where you find the Suez Canal is at the crossroads. of international geopolitical fury.

So that's what we're going to be talking about. Britain's imperial prestige is declining. The US and the USSR are cementing themselves into the position of global superpowers. And they are also becoming sworn enemies. So this is a story of revolutions, of colonialism, of secrecy. I mean it's all got it all packed in a sense, this is always just like if you like, Plassy is said to be the moment when the sort of British Empire really kicks off in India. Suez is the moment that British imperial power is seen to be eclipsed. Never again after this is Britain described as a superpower, which it is before this. And uh it's a crucial moment. It's the moment also that marks the ascendancy of

the US over British foreign policy, because by the end of this, America's just blown a whistle cut Britain's credit and Britain has had to fall immediately. In line. And the government falls, and it's the first time that America's had that power over Britain where nothing can happen.

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